Spanish Conversation · Level 11
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Spanish word
tercero
Pronunciation
IPA/teɾˈθeɾo/
Meaning
- ordinal numberthird
Example
Esta es la tercera puerta.
This is the third door.
More examples
Por tercera vez cancelaron la reunión.
They canceled the meeting for the third time.
Core concept
Third item in a sequence.
Common phrases
por tercera vez
for the third time
la tercera edad
old age
Similar words
tercer: Appears directly before a singular masculine noun to indicate the third item (el tercer piso).
Definition in Spanish
Se refiere al elemento que ocupa el tercer lugar en una serie o clasificación y concuerda en género y número con el sustantivo que acompaña.
Word origin
From Latin tertius 'third' via medieval terçero, Spanish tercero/tercera develops as the ordinal that corresponds to the number tres.
Usage tips
- Tercero shortens to tercer before a singular masculine noun (el tercer piso), and it agrees in gender and number as tercero/tercera, terceros/terceras.
Other meanings
- third partynoun
- third placenoun
Opposites
- últimolastordinal number